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Novelty (patent)

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Seeking the new, learning from the unexpected: Computational models of surprise and novelty in the brain

Alireza Modirshanechi

Human babies have a natural desire to interact with new toys and objects, through which they learn how the world around them works, e.g., that glass shatters when dropped, but a rubber ball does not. When their predictions are proven incorrect, such as whe ...

EPFL2024

International mobility of inventors and innovation: Empirical evidence from the collapse of the Soviet Union

Gaétan Jean A de Rassenfosse, Gabriele Pellegrino

This paper assesses the extent to which the international migration of inventors affects innovation in the receiving country. Drawing on a novel database that maps the migratory patterns of inventors, we exploit the end of the Soviet Union and the conseque ...

Elsevier Science Sa2024

Sources of knowledge flow between developed and developing nations

Gaétan Jean A de Rassenfosse

This article provides a long-term view on the sources of knowledge flow between developed and developing nations. It relies on patent data to explore three potential sources: R&D collaboration, technology sourcing, and technology transfer. All three source ...

2020

Apparatus comprising a support system for a user and its operation in a gravity-assist mode

Grégoire Courtine, Jean-Baptiste Mignardot, Joachim von Zitzewitz, Camille Georgette Marie Le Goff-Mignardot

The present application relates to devices and systems for rehabilitation of the locomotor system, for example limbs. In particular, the present application discloses an apparatus, more in particular a robotic platform capable of optimizing gravity-depende ...

2018

IP Strategy and Use Of IP Protection Mechanisms Across Firm Size: An empirical investigation

Jana Thiel, Tilo Peters

In this paper we use data from the 2012 Innovation Strategy Survey (485 responses) to compare motives and choices with respect to IP strategy in firms with sizes ranging from micro to very large. Our results confirm significant differences across firm size ...

2016

Protecting growth options in dynamic markets: The role of strategic disclosure in integrated intellectual property strategies

Christopher Tucci, Jana Thiel, Tilo Peters

Given recent developments in information technology and intellectual property (IP) legislation, technology firms may benefit from an integrated IP strategy that combines patenting with strategic disclosure. This article presents a series of cases that intr ...

Univ Calif2013

Three Essays on Navigating the Stages in New Venture Creation

Jana Thiel

Starting a new venture is arguably an exciting journey into previously unknown territories. Since entrepreneurs, through their economic activities, are central to social prosperity, academic research has a strong interest to understand who those entreprene ...

EPFL2012

Object i.e. aneurysm, examining method for brain of patient, involves evaluating sequence of images by associating pixels with analysis image value depending on temporal changes of image values of pixels in specified frequency range

Theo Lasser, Marcel Leutenegger, Antonio Lopez, Erica Martin-Williams

NOVELTY - The method involves illuminating an object i.e. aneurysm, with measuring light with wavelengths ranging from 790 nanometer to 820 nanometer, and recording a sequence of images (21, 22) i.e. white light image, of the illuminated object. The sequen ...

2009